Door-strip



DOOR STRIP. N 254694. Patented Mar. 7; 1882.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

OLARENOE E. RICE, OF SEDGWICK, KANSAS.

DOOR-STRIP.

SPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,694, dated March'7, 1882.

Applieation filed May 2%, 1881. (No model.)

10 all whom 't may concern:

Be t known that I, LARENCE E. RICE, of Sedgwick, in the county of Harveyand State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin DoonStrips, of which the followin g is a full, clear, and exactdescriptien, reference beng had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to.a strip to be secured to the bottom of a door,and relates 1:0 that class cf such strips which are extensible inleugth, te be applicable te doors of different widths.

My invention consists, first, in the manner of securin g the springtothe strip, which spring raises the free edge of the sill-strp as thed0oris opened,to prevent it from dragging; and my invention consists,secondly, in the combi nation of parts, as hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Fgure 1 is a perspective view showing my improvementsecured to a door and the door secured to its frame,the lower right-handcorner of which (the doorframe) is breken away to show the cam f0rforeing the sillstrip down tight upon the threshold of the door, whenthe door is elosed, against the influence of the spring, to prevent theentrance of water er wind in Gold weather. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspectve view of the strip,parts being in seet-ion to showits construction. Fig. 4: is a detailperspective view of the end of the sill-strip t0 which the springisattached, showing the marmer of attaching the spring.

A is the door-frame, and B the d0or hinged thereto,both of which are ofcommon construction. To the bottom of the door is secured the strip,which consists of two members, 0 and D, the member O beiug secureddirectly to the door, and the member D being hinged, as sl1owu, to themember O. Eaeh member consists of two pieces, 0 0 and d cl. They aremade extensible, a-s shown,for the purpose be fore stated but thisfeature is old, and I do not claim it as my invention. The lower edge ofthe menuber C is bent into the form ota tube or cylinder for reeeivngthe similarly-shaped portion of the sill strip 0r member D, thus makin ga hinged connection between them. However, the form of these strips, aswell as their extensible character, is 01d, (with the exception of thelip on the lnernber D, which willhereinafter be described,) and needs110 further descripticn here.

E is a short plug, preferably made of wood, whieh is inclosed within thetubular portion of the member D at its outer end. 'lhe plug is ofsmaller diameter than the inside of the tube, so that the member D nuayreeiprocate, while the plug remains fixed. The plug is securely fastenedto the member 0 by a screw, 6.

F is a spiral spring whieh surrounds the plug E, t0 whch one of its endsis secured, the other end of the spring terminating in an arm, f, whichis secured to the free edge of the sillmember D by a lip, f, turned upte inclose it, as shown. The tendency of the spring is to raise the freeedge of the member D, and thus it will be seen that when the door isopened the sill member will not be allowed. to drag upon the fluor.

T0 have a'elose conneetion between the sillstrip D and the threshold cfthe door, when the door is closed te exclude rein, &e., I secure aninclined cam, Gr, to the lower right-hand corner of the door-frame B.Thus as the door is closed the free edge of the sill-strip will eome incontact with the cam and be forced down, makin g a close connectionbetween it and the threshold. The cam and spring should both be at thesame edge of the door and frame, so if the spring were changed to thehinged edge of the door the cam should also be changed to thecorresponding side of the frame.

I do not claim that the cam or the automatic sill-strip are broadly new.

Havingthus described 1ny invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and de sire t0 secure byLetters Patent:

1. In cembination with a door-strip consisting of members C D,extensible in length, as described, and cam G, the spring F, having anarm, f, whose end is inclosed bya lip, f", of the member D, thespiralpart of said spring surrounding the plug E, te which its ether endis secured, and which is itself inclosed by the tu bular-formed edge ofthe member D, and held securely frcm turnin g by a screw, e, attachingit to the member C, 2111 substantially as descrbed.

2. The plug E and spring F, having armf, the former connected to themember 0 of the cured tothe former and operating to raise the and havngts er1ds hearing respectively on the two strips, and .a aam, G.

GLARENCE E. RICE.

door-strip,nd the 1atter surrounding and sefree edge of the member D, asand for the purpose set forth.

3. The combnaton of the memberC, havng Witnesses: the plug E, with themember D, hinged to the WM. FINN,

L. L. LADD.

member C, spring S, supported on the plug E,

